The American India Foundation (AIF, founded 2001) is a nonprofit American organization working in India. It is one of the largest secular, non-partisan American organizations supporting development work in India. AIF is committed to improving the lives of India’s underprivileged, with a special focus on women, children, and youth. It does this through high impact interventions in education, health, and livelihoods, because poverty is multidimensional. AIF’s unique value proposition is its broad engagement between communities, civil society, and expertise, thereby building a lasting bridge between the United States and India. Till date, AIF has impacted 6.7 million lives across 26 states of India. It also runs the William J. Clinton Fellowship now renamed as AIF Banyan Impact Fellowship for Service to India on May 11, 2009, which sends skilled young Americans in an immersive volunteer service program training and placing young professionals to support development organizations across India for 10 months. History Founded in 2001 at the initiative of US President Bill Clinton following a suggestion from Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, by a group of Indian-Americans responding to the Gujarat earthquake. AIF has impacted the lives of 6.7 million of India’s poor by providing access to high-quality education, skilling for youth, and protecting the health of mothers and their children, while building the next generation of global leaders through service. It has offices in New York City and California, twelve chapters across the U.S., and India operations headquartered in New Delhi. AIF's Work The American India Foundation focuses on catalyzing social and economic change in India and building a lasting bridge between the United States and India through high-impact interventions in education, livelihoods, public health, and leadership development. Working closely with local communities, AIF partners with NGOs to develop and test innovative solutions and with governments to create and scale sustainable impact. Education AIF’s education programs ensure that children in neglected regions and under resourced schools have access to high-quality educational opportunities and gain critical life skills alongside 21st century knowledge to prepare them for success in today’s globalized world. Learning and Migration Program (LAMP) AIF's Learning and Migration Program (LAMP) provides access to quality education opportunities to children in areas of seasonal migration, while also advocating to communities and governments the universal right to education. The program has impacted over 580,000 children in 13 states of India. Digital Equalizer Program The Digital Equalizer Program utilizes technology to